Agreed. Not with the programming language per se, but I agree with the general premise. However, in cases where portability is important, bash is would be my c

Agreed. Not with the programming language per se, but I agree with the general premise. However, in cases where portability is important, bash is would be my choice. If I can pass someone a bash script and not ask them to also install Python and whatever libs I used, it makes my life so much easier.